A Collage

I have done a few coach's gifts this year for various teams which is a lot of fun. A parent for the Oak Hills boys soccer team contacted me about doing a collage for their coaches since it was the head coach's first year. It by far has been the most challenging collage I have done just because of the number of images. The collage is 16x20 and contains 27 images. Every player and coach is accounted for as well as a few group shots. Here is the collage - click on it to make it larger.

LaSalle At Oak Hills Soccer

A match-up between west side teams. A good size crowd showed up for both games. Some players from the Oak Hills girls soccer team showed up to support the team since they had the night off. Here are some images from the JV and Varsity games.

Even without a visible face I still like this image.

With the setting sun there were stripes of light on the field. I love how the head is in the light part.

Normally this player is in goal but with Senior night he played the field to let the other senior keeper have the goal.

A facial.

Setting up the defense for a corner.

Ursuline Academy At Mt. Notre Dame Soccer

I found myself back at an Ursuline soccer game on Wednesday night. I had just covered them on a Saturday afternoon. The weather had changed a lot since then. A cold wind had moved in and there was a threat of rain. A rain shower moved through about 15 minutes before game time. The ground was wet but other than that it was not bad. The sun even peaked out a few times during the first game. Both games were intense as these teams are definitely rivals. Here are some images from the games:

Amazingly no injuries.

A nice save.

The varsity game started in with light.

But got very dark. This is one of the darkest soccer fields I have been on.

One of the few lit spots on the field.

Lakota East At Ursuline Academy

Tonight I am showing the Varsity game from September 27. Another great game with surges by both teams. I loved that the game was during the afternoon so I did not have to worry about poor lighting once the sun set. Here are some images from the game:

Wish I could see the keeper's face in this image. Great save.

Lakota East At Ursuline Academy Soccer

Another great soccer game. Actually both the JV and Varsity games were great. Just showing the JV images tonight. Still trying to catch up from being gone so not too talkative tonight. Enjoy the images. Varsity to follow another day.

More Lakota West At Mason Soccer

As promised yesterday, today I am posting the Varsity images. I knew the stadium would be pretty dark after all the natural light was gone just by looking at the light poles. See the last image for a visual of how dark it was.

This one might be my second favorite from the games. Kind of a tie with the keeper save above.

This is an uncropped image of a throw-in from the sidelines. Nice and dark. Camera settings - ISO 4000, f2.8 with a shutter speed of 1/320th.